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i couple married fifty years mr and mrs fred smith cele brated their golden wedding anniversary quietly on may 24 at their home on montreal st it was in 1910 when mr fred smith and miss minnie brown daughter of mr and mrs hart ley brown north of gravel kill were married the smiths have one son ernie and two grand children rhoda and george smith mr smith is a veteran of world war 1 and at present is caretaker for the bank of com merce the stourtvroe tribune tiorjy my 26 1960 vtgt 5 wed in claremont mr and mrs david mccomb claremont united church the mr and mrs earl mcmullen are pictured here following bride is the former erma claremont ont their recent marriage in the irene mcmullen daughter of staff photo mr and mrs archie camp bell charles st were happy to have a visit with their soninlaw mr bernard r blair and grand sons robbie and david from richmond bc near vancou ver the boys were on their way to their uncles rev doug las and mrs blair at danville where they will be staying for a short while mr blair will be taking a special course at tren ton and mrs blair helen will be arriving shortly to join her family births burkholder leonard and evelyn nee byer markham rr announce the birth of their daughter elfreda joy on thursday may 19 1960 at the scarboro general hos pital miladinov mr and mrs walter miladinov of toronto formerly june morgan rn of claremont arc happy to announce the birth of their daughter susan at the wel- lesley general hospital tor onto on friday may 20 1960 a physician says that people with spines that curve more than average live longer than those whose spines are straight er this may or may not be en couraging information to the heavily burdened taxpayer this 23th will go down on rec ord as one of the most disap pointing and dismal holiday weekends in some time rain persisted in this area off and on all during the long holiday saturday to monday and cut outdoor recreation to a mini mum however many took to the roads and traffic was heavy through town on saturday re turning again sunday and mon day evenings growers we are now contracting cauliflowers for this fall delivery would growers please contact b i c k s pickles knoll view farms limited ellesmere road mile cast of kennedy scarborough ontario horticultural news on monday may 30 a meet ing and flower show of the hor ticultural society will be held in the united church basement at 8 oclock the guest speaker will be mr schloen of kirsale who specializes in roses he will give a short illustrated talk on their care etc and will aso discuss any garden ptoblems you might have so bring them along music will be provided by a group of boys from orchard park public school these were recent musical festival winners the following are the classes for the show and the entries are to be placed between 4 and 6 pm note change in time 1 darwin tulips 5 2 aov tulips 5 3 iris 1 spike 4 iris 3 spikes 5 arrangement using iris g arrang using 3 tulips with plant foliage 7 arrang using an oil lamp 8 arrang using pansies 9 an arrang with lily of the valley predominating 10 miniature arrang not over 4 inches each way 11 arrang using wild flowers in natural settings 12 lilac 1 spray 13 arrang featuring lilacs 14 arrang using rhubarb in any form and other flowers 15 coffee table arrang 1g basket of flowering shrubs 17 arrang in a shadow box 18 arrang using driftwood 19 arrang in a pedestal type container 20 arrang in a cup and saucer childrens section 21 miniature arrang not over 5each way 2 an arrang in a lunch box 23 bouquet of mixed flowers rev r d filyer minister of uxbridge baptist church will be guest speaker at the local baptist church sundav may 29 at 730 death tran gardham at the brierbush hospital stouffville on tuesday may 21 1960 gard ham tran of markham ont in his 80th year beloved husband of nellie robinson and dear father of lome of whitby giles of dunbarton and blanche at home resting at the dixon fu neral home markham for ser vice on thursday at 230 pm interment whitevale cemetery nabs stolen car the alertness of constable harry heatherington of stouff ville resulted in the apprehen sion of a driver and stolen car the constable had been noti fied by metro police of the car theft a short time before he noted the license as the car passed through the westend of town and immediately arrested the driver the man arrested is a transient to the district and had just been released from jail on a theft count the day before he was held here until metro police arrived a second man in the car was released gloves and burglar tools were also tak en from the vehicle and it was suspected that some breaking and entering was planned engagements mr and mrs stanley brown of keswick announce the en gagement of their only daugh ter patricia lorrainne to mr gerald laurence couturier son of mr and mrs j couturier of ravenshoe ont the marriage to take place june 18 1960 mr and mrs vincent baker woodville ontario wish to an nounce the engagement of their daughter darlene eva to mr donald charles franklin jenk ins son of mr and mrs frank jenkins little britain ontario marriage to take place on sat urday june 18 1960 at 5 o clock in the woodville united church t minerals half a posed extra gala per day on a steer mineral do that it sure can according to experi ment station tests that depends of course on a couple of important things first your steers must like the mineral and eat it as they do swifts second the mineral must be complete including the right trace minerals well swifts contains eleven essential mineral elements bal anced just right your hogs can make extra gain in proportion on swifts hog mineral and sheep too on swifts ah purpose mineral looking for the best buy in mineral thati swift at your swift feed dealer your dealer in fine feeds from stiver bros stourtville ontario teuphone 45 next long weekend july 1st friday york county council will con vene for the annual june session next tuesday may 31st miss bettyann slack was hostess to a number of high school friends at a birthday party at the home of her par ents on obrien ave last week mr and mrs fred morley of claremont visited on monday evening with mr and mrs wilf morley and family main street the largest crowd of the sea son was evident in town on fri day evening and saturday after noon mr jack rae a former stouff ville resident and now living at haliburton has been released from lindsay hospital where he was confined for a number of days mr and mrs robert aiken have purchased a new home on glad park avenue mr aiken recently assumed the drug store previously owned by mr j m storey rick wedseltoft son of mr and mrs tom wedseltoft o brien ave will return to camp kandalore near halls lake as a counsellor this summer he will leave on june 27th his younger brother tommy will also attend the same camp mrs arthur woods main st is in the western hospital and is sharing a room with mrs wm birkett who entered the hospital this past week a little lad on a tricycle was a nearaccident victim at the corner of market and main sts on friday afternoon when he darted across the road directly in front of a gravel truck only the alert action of the driver lloyds haulage saved the child from instant death a mansized planting project was completed on the front lawn property of mr ron mer cer rupert ave on saturday afternoon when an entire tree was placed in the ground it was transported to the premises by alron landscaping co north of altona bus trip the horticultural society are planning their annual bus trip to niagara falls this year and the date is to be monday june 20 yp convention the young peoples annual convention of the united mis sionary churches of ontario was held on monday may 23 the morning and afternoon sessions were held at the youth centre with mr william suther land of the intervarsity chris tian fellowship of toronto as guest speaker music was pro vided by an instrumental trio from gait and the trebleaires from kitchener the evening service was in markham united missionary church with rev alfred roes missionary on fur lough from calcutta india as speaker the young people com pleted their project for this year which was paying for a youth center hall at the stay- ner camp grounds over 300 were in attendance at the even ing service high school news last week the constitution which governs the election and the operation of the student council was changed it was de cided by the student council and the students to have elec tions or student government with the exception of the class representatives in may in recent years the elections have been held some time in september but this proved un satisfactory because the student council could not begin its ac tivities until october with elec tions in may the council will be able to get under way the first week of september roger stover won the hop step and jump at the cossa meet at pickering college new market he jumped fortyone feet on wednesday many students attended a track mcit at picker ing college in newmarket many other schools were pres ent and participated in relays races and other track events jocclyn button local and personal happenings miss jane burkett spent the weekend with her sisterinlaw mrs alt burkett of oakvilie mr and mrs ed derkin kes wick visited mr and mrs fred smith over the weekend mr and mrs james church ward jimmie and kenneth had dinner with mr and mrs gor don wagg gayle and wendy on sunday mrs norman kill church st and her mother mrs walden of toronto took in the flower show at casa loma on wednes day it was very beautiful- mr glenn anderson of peter borough is the relief agent at the cnr station until a regu lar agent is appointed next month buy your bulbs from the united church hic club this friday evening everyone needs bulbs get yours now and help the refugee fund mr and mrs dean mairs of brougham visited at the home of mr and mrs geo middleton of baker avenue also mr and mrs don mccullough and ter ry of mount albert were recent visitors a regrettable incident occur red last week at the main street residence of mrs harold dixon an entire bed of tulips was al most totally destroyed though the party responsible is not known only a few blooms were left intact mr and mrs arthur steckley of bethesda returned home on monday after spending several days visiting their daughters in the states ellen mrs timothy de jong who lives at hamil ton mich and barbara mrs e last of mount vernon mis souri their grandchildren john and patricia last came home with them to spend the summer in canada in renewing his subscription to the tribune mr walter da- vey toronto informs us he passed his 81st birthday on may 2 and is the last of the davey family of 9 boys and 2 girls he has been with the ault wiburg company 58 years and is fourth from the top of the list of 95 ho have been on the retired quarter century club on serv ing 25 years with their firm each employee receives a gold wrist watch valued at 125 a gold pin and a 100 bilk wa meeting june z the womens afternoon aux iliary stouffville united church will hold their regular meeting in the church parlor on thurs day june 2nd at 230 pm an interesting program will be pro vided under the leadership of the group of mrs a wood and miss mullan all the ladies of the congregation are cordially invited mr and mis percy tarr and mrs tom hooper spent a few davs at hawk lake mr glenn r thompson spent the weekend with his parents at their cottage at weslemkoon lake east of bancroft mr nd mrs leo wagg and family also miss mabel ed wards spent sunday at glamour lake gooderham with mr and mrs fist mintz mr ken laushway local in surance agent brought home the third prize for best low net score in the eager beaver golf tournament at the uplands course on saturday rev f huson of owen sound was in town on monday attending the young peoples convention at the youth center mrs albert wilson the for mer millie mowder and mrs reid both of toronto spnt the weekend with mrs bob far thing hawthorne avenue the annual father and son banquet of the scouts and cubs was bold in the united church on tuesday evening a cheque in excess of s600 will be presented to an official of the thornhaven school for re tarded children at a special ga thering of the united church couples club on saturday even ing the money was raised through the twonight perform ance of minstrel mania held recently in the auditorium of stouffville dist high school the presentation will be made by mrs peggy topping farm sold by auction on friday the 95acre farm belonging to the estate of the late mary jones was disposed of by auction mr howard jones was the buyer and the sale price was 23000 a large crowd was on hand for the sale of household articles including antiques there were numerous pieces of old pine fruniture in perfect condition and these sold at premium prices the sale of the farm and chattels was con ducted by w d atkinson auc tioneer correction in the honour list for easter examinations at the stouffville district high school published last week the names of donna ferguson and brian wilkes were inadvertently omitted brian and donna are in grade 10 and also obtained first class stand ing fined 20 glen norton 18 of good wood was fined 20 and costs and his licence was endorsed when he appeared in magis trates court newmarket last week to answer a charge of careless driving evidence was presented by pc harry hea therington of stouffville its simmer step right this way see oil the good- looking comfortable news in sum mer shoesl weve sizes and styles to fit everyone from baby on up and everything from perky playshoes to smartest dress shoes and theyre thrifty tool white white size 5 499 s799 lehmans shoes mr and mrs isaac foskett formerly of goodwood have j purchased the harold dafoe home on westlawn cresc mr and mrs dafoe now occupy the apartment above their main st restaurant notice e a grubin ro optome trist will be in his office in stouffville on monday and tues day may 30th and 31st no phone at office no appointment necessary the auction sale conducted on the holiday for the estate of the late maurus shupe drew a good crowd to the home on main st the property was sold for 9100 to jas barry among the house hold articles disposed of was a piano which brought 140 and a stove ss0 odd dishes and chairs were picked up readily mr jas austin who has serv ed for some time on the stouff ville cemetery commission placed his resignation before the municipal council on thurs day evening mr austin cspects to leave stouffville shortly for a new business which he has ac quired a member of the com mission to fill the vacancy will be appointed by council to fill out the unexpired term the following officials of the bell telephone company of can ada made up the group who vis ited stouffville friday rt the invitation of f g ratcliff pres ident of the bethesda stouff ville telephone company ltd dr w h cruickshank vice- president and general manager toronto area w g ball area commercial manager toronto l g crawford area plant ma nager toronto c g farquhar- son area traffic manager to ronto area the group enjoyed a noon luncheon at the mark ham golf country club on sunday may 22 mr and mrs harry stover and family and misses nancy harwood and daphne chewins attended a golden wedding anniversary at lions head mrs stovers uncle mr walter warder and his wife were married 50 years ago they have a family of five boys and one girl who were present also 14 nieces and neph ews and their families there were 70 present for this family reunion each family present tape recorded some of their his tory and the whole recording was presented to the warders as a reminder of their 50th an niversary mr geo w allison local real estate broker has operxt a new office at 157 main sueet in stouffville it will be in charge of mr harry bourne misses coral and althea young of stratford spent the weekend with their cousins dor othy and mildred mover church st also on sunday miss aud rey geiger of kitchener was a guest at the mover home miss mary curtis has return ed to lindsay after spending the holiday at her home with her sister mrs a wetheral lions club president walter pipher and mrs pipher will mo tor to ottawa later this week to attend the annual lions con vention in the chateau laurier from may 2sth to june 1st mr and mrs fretcher goulie of altona accompanied by miss margery mertens of duchess st stouffville motored to ot tawa on saturday and returned on sunday they reported the saturday was a fine sunny day and they did not encounter rain until midway home on sunday owing to the very high water one of the cruises on the ridcau canal had to be cancelled barry dunsmoor who has been on the staff of the trib une for a time has joined the staff of the orangeville banner which was recently purchased by the thomson newspaper chain mr and mrs dunsmoor who live in the mansion house apartments will be leaving stouffville shortly mrs duns moor was formerly on the bank of commerce staff rev and mrs ronald bycrs sarnia are two of the new mis sionaries appointed to serve un der the united missionary so ciety which is the foreign mis sionary arm of the united missionary church the ap pointments were made at the annual ums board meeting which convened at pontiac mi chigan may 1719 mr byers is the son of mr and mrs john byers and grandson of mr a c byers mongolia he will serve in india other missionary appointments were rev and mrs paul fretz of vineland to brazil rev and mrs wayne spelcher of indiana to mexico miss margaret seymour of kit chener ont to nigeria attend ing the board meeting for stou ffville were rev eldon boett- gcr and rev arthur walsh watch for blitz this friday may 27 between 8 10 pm a cheerful member of the stouffville united church hic club will call at your door to sell you 1 2 or 3 bags of bulbs entire proceeds for world refugee year bag contains 460 watt bulbs for 100 buy an extra one for a friend a friend who now lives in a refugee camp its coop fence made from heavy cjalranized high grade wire woven to give permanent protection coop fence fo yoar guarantee of a long lasting troublefree fence tout coop has the size to gt your need ffan now for your soring fencing requirement stouffville coop stouffviue pixmm 269122